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In 1980 Professor Jan Zachwatowicz is celebrating a jubilee o f his 80th birth anniversary. On account o f a diversity o f his endowments, interests and a vast field o f his activities in the field o f the protection o f art monuments Professor Zachwatowicz has been given the name o f ,,a man o f Renaissance". His major achievements include pre-war studies on the revalorization o f Zamość, plans o f the conservation and the execution o f the post-war reconstruction o f the Old Town in Warsaw, the organisation o f Polish conservation services in the years o f1945— 1957 when he held the office o f the first art monuments conservator in liberated Poland, a spedfication o f the principles o f the conservation o f art monuments in Poland, the training o f new conservatory personnel, and finally, in the recent years, his works on the restitution o f the Royal Castle in Warsaw. We pay tribute to Professor’s works, we offer congratulations and wish Him further successes in the field o f the protection o f the national historic heritage.